Double-deck driving arrangement for printing presses



sept. 2, 1930,

DOUBLE DECK DRIVING-ARRANGEMENT FOR PRINTING PRE'ssEjs Filed Feb. 25,192'? ment for the diierent printing units of a dou- Patented Sept. 2,19,30

' IsIDOR TORNBERG, OF PLAINIIELRNRW JRRsQiiI,Y AssIeNOR 'To WOODNEWsPArnR MAGHINERY CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK;` N.'r.,".aCORPORA'iIONORVIRGINIA1.y

DOUBLE-DECK DRIVING ARRANGRMRN'rFoR-PRINTING PRESSES n '.'Appiieationmed February 26,119.27'.A .sanar No; 171,140. Y

This invention relates to a driving arrange-v ble deck printing press.

yThe principal objects O' to provide driving connections Vby which eachpress' unit can have its driving mechanism separated from that of thepress unit above or below, so that they can be 'run separately and eachone run Vas a part of what amounts to a separate press ,also to providea'construc- `tion in which the two units, one above the other can beused in separate groups or press y,

es and the products delivered to diil'erent folders.l

Other objects and advantages of the inven-` tion vwill appearhereinafter.

Reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawing, which is a side viewof a double Y deck printing press rshowing the driving oonnections infull lines,'but the restof the press `in a diagrammatic manner.

ln a grouping of press units in'two or more decks, it sometimes becomesdesirable tovrun the product of the upper press unit to one folder, andthe lower press unit directly un-y der it Vto another folder, each onesometimes being connected up lwithrother unitsso thatl the upper andlower units, which correspond with each other, will be runas parts ofseparate presses.

Heretofore a single drivingshaft has been used to connect the upperandlower units O'l. a double deck press,- and it is not possibleltherefore to connectup the twofunits, one

above the other,so. that they caribe used in separate groups.V Y v.

This invention has for its Object the provision of a drive by whichthese difficulties are avoided. In the first place it may be stated thatthe three upper deck units A, B and C are shown in the usual way aslocated directly over the lower units D, F and G, and two ki'olders lEand Hare also illustrated. What is shown here may be only a small partof ya newspaper printing press.. A separate web supply W isshown toreach unit, in diagrammatic form.

The press is run by a series ofymotors or other means having drivingbelts 10 for driving the diierent sections loi the main shaft vtheinvention are l. ff

Thi main-Shaft., runs thfoughopn the( lengthof the `press preferably,and yoperates they variousupress ,units and folf'lers..v `This shaftdsdividedintosections,l and between which drives the lowerpress unit, asfor eX ampie. .F1 O11 .the other "Side Tof the Same'. clutch there is apair of mitre gears 15 drive.

ingaverticalshaft `176, which, turn, drives.`

the, .upper press j yweit., f as, fQr examples B.- Thei'e ris ,y alsoadjacent to Otherclutch Lmeinbersa pair of mitre gears` drivin/gaJventi-l c al Vshaft i8 iwhich drives a Z-Older, 'asf .for eX! ample, E i1t will 4be ,nQtieed. that th. .Gluf'h in each .oase is placed betwen'twofsets .of

d'fferentpresses and vf-.0r- .1e11tisillfiwsesi Ingthispcase, onemotorcouldbe in adeto drive, for examplegthe preSS.u1iitsA,-Band Dffandtheolder E, andanother1 inotoricould beiised' to' drivethe pressunitsvG, andthe" olderqH fasanother ypress groupg `YIn this y ydesired.aie'iuthisaetta; Y nected, in which case, the two pressunits,kone g 'above/the other, canbedriven asl parts"o waytlie six presses andtwo foldersshown couldbe run as ytwo presses, lusingisoineof the upperdeckga'nd sorne of thelowervdeckunits foreachone. Thesetwo pr'essescoulddependently of eachother. i

:In the case of .-a, big newspaper printingv machine, ofwhichthedrawing` shows onlya p`art,". various other `ooinbinations could 1 bemade y Thisf permits practically anyconveii-y eiit @elimination ,0i thevariousaprss imita ruminnor-matter v vhetherI theyareI located :overeach v other'. or not.

. Aitiioughi have 'ilustrada aad itsiiibeiiy 'only aisip'gie form ,Qithe intenti-Qn, '1j "am ,esirsefflhe' fasttht-ehengs Geheime@ ioa .Y 7p'mitres, each of which drives Oneotthelvertif' therein by any personskilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention asexpressed in the claims.

Y ThereforeI do not wish to be limited to the exact formshown, but whatI do claim is l. Iniak newspaper printing press, the combinationrjwith aseries of press units constitut` l ingthe lower deck, a series of pressunits f constituting an upper deck, and folders, of a mainfshaft insections, clutches between the ends of saidsections for connecting themvto# gether tosrun as one shaft ondisconnecting them at one or morepoints to run separately, means for driving certain ofwsaidsectionsindependentlyV Vof the others when the clutches are disconnected, aseparate vertical shaft v'for-each press-unit, Vand means con- 'Y nectedwith saidinain shaft sections on opposite sides ofy certain of theclutches for driving` the' shafts'of two press units, one of which islocated ydirectly above the other.

2. In a newspaper printing-press, the com-l binationwith a press unit inthe lower deck s and a pressjunit in the upper-deck, directly "oversaidunit ofthe lower deck, of a main shaft running the length ofthe pressarranged'in sections, a clutch between the endsY of twoofsaidsections'for connectingthem .together 'or' disconnecting them, means fordrivingsaidsections independently when the clutches aredisconnected,ltwo vertical shafts for saidpress units, and means connected withsaidymain Ashaft sections on opposite sides ofl said clutch for drivingthevertical f shafts of said two press units independently ofeachother.n f y l 3. AIna -v'printing.press, the-combination with a seriesofpress-units arranged 1n the upper and Vlower jde'cks, of ainain shaftin sections for driving said units, clutches connecty `ing said sectionstogether, independent means for' driving'certain of said sections, apair ofi Amitre gears on each .side of certainY of said clutches, ashaft connected with one'pair of mitre gears for driving thelower pressunit, a shaft connected withthe other pair of mitre gears* forindependently driving the upper press unit directly `above `the saidpress unit, whereby whenthe clutchV is disconnected the two pressunit'smaybe connected up with y j other press units and driven separately toconstitute two complete presses,and a folder connected with one ofthemain shaft sections for each of the presses so made up.

` 4. In a newspaper printing press, the comy bination with two press'units, one located above the other, of a sectional main shaft adjacentto thelower deck, two vertical shafts bothadjacent to the lower deckconnected directly-with 'the'main'shaft and each connected with one ofsaidunits for operating it,'one being longer `than the other and eXitending past the lower deck.l to connect with v"the upper deck, the twovertical'shafts and the sectlonal main shaft having their'axes' in

